Matching Pairs Sentence Level ExcersiseOnline version Can you place the correct punctuation in the corresponding places? by Lauren Winn 1 What can a colon do? 2 Bad ellipses 3 What does a dash( --) do? 4 Th librarian's primary interest drew him into the college library __ love for books and a quest for knowledge 5 What does parenthesis ( ) do? 6 What does quotation marks ( " ") do in a sentence? 7 When are commas used? 8 The well __ known doctor received recognition for his work __ he was able to perform heart surgery on an elephant. 9 She would have loved to go to that concert __ but she had too much homework to do. 10 What is a "no - no" of ellipses(...)? 11 Alex gave her cat a bath __even though her cat hates bubbles __ every Tuesday to clean her cat of fleas. 12 When should you use commas? FANBOYS introduces a direct quotation interprets a thought in a more dramatic way Gives credit to the original author and avoid plagiarism; enclosed titles of short works and appears in pairs. ( ) "...Jesus wept" Bible John 11:35 , : using it in the beginning or the ending of a quotation Before nonrestrictive adverbial phrases add extra information - and ;
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